The Horror: Uninstalling SQL Server 2008 R2 and his friends
Spanish version / Versión en Español It's common knowledge that even though Microsoft claims it's possible to have multiple versions of SQL Server Express side by side , that's generally considered a bad idea . So I set out to remove every trace of SQL Server in order to later install the latest R2 version. After many visits to Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs , in which I removed anything which had SQL Server in its name, four (4) creatures were left standing: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup Files Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Setup Files If I tried to remove the setup files, I was told that I had to remove 2008 or 2008 R2 before. If I tried removing one of those, after running the whooooooole process without a hitch, the entry was still there. On a closer examination, R2 was always saying it was going to delete Microsoft Sync Framework , but it didn't do so (silently). So I tried nuking ...